Effective Techniques for Cleaning Rendered Walls: The Soft Washing Advantage

By Mark Cave February 19, 2025

Effective Techniques for Cleaning Rendered Walls: The Soft Washing

Maintaining the pristine condition of your exterior walls can be quite the quandary. One common question homeowners often ask is, "How do you clean rendered walls effectively?" With the rise of different cleaning techniques, the use of soft washing has become a standout choice for many. In this article, we will delve into why soft washing is an optimal approach for cleaning rendered walls and maintaining a great look for your property. 🌟

Understanding Soft Washing

Before exploring the specifics, let's take a moment to understand what soft washingentails. Unlike high-pressure washing, which can sometimes damage delicate surfaces, soft washing employs low-pressure sprays combined with a mix of water and cleaning solutions. This method is particularly effective for cleaning delicate surfaces such as rendered walls without the risk of damage.

Why Choose Soft Washing for Rendered Walls?

Preservation of Surface Integrity: Soft washing minimizes the risk of cracking and driving water into the render, thereby preserving the wall's integrity.
Bio-Friendly Solutions: Utilizing bio-friendly chemicals, such as Softwash Biocide 50% DDAC, ensures effective cleaning while being considerate of the environment.
Long-lasting Results: Soft washing offers longer-lasting cleanliness because it not only cleans but also sanitizes and kills off potential regrowth microorganisms.

The Right Equipment and Chemicals

To maximize the efficacy of soft washing rendered walls, it's essential to have the right equipment and chemicals. At SoftWash UK, you can find an extensive range of soft washing equipment and soft wash chemicals.

An essential tool, the Water Fed Pole Softwash Nozzle, allows for precision and control, ensuring that the detergent spreads evenly across the walls. Coupled with Clever Wash Surfactant, the cleaning solution becomes more effective in breaking down dirt and grime on rendered surfaces.

Step-by-Step Guide to Soft Washing Rendered Walls

Initial Inspection: Check the rendered wall for loose or cracked sections that need repairs before cleaning.
Prepare the Solution: Use the correct sodium hypochlorite mixing ratio for your cleaning solution to ensure safety and effectiveness.
Application: Utilize equipment such as a Soft Washing Dosatron for a consistent application of your cleaning mixture.
Agitation and Dwell Time: Allow the chemical mix to dwell and penetrate dirt and microorganisms effectively without forceful scrubbing.
Rinse and Inspect: Thoroughly rinse the wall surfaces with water. See if additional treatment of specific stubborn stains, like rust with Rust X Pro, is necessary.

Final Thoughts

Soft washing is not only a method but a comprehensive system that uses innovative solutions to keep rendered walls clean, protected, and stunning year-round. It combines chemistry and technique to ensure that the surfaces stand the test of time. 🌱✨

For homeowners and professional cleaners looking to adopt the best practices in cleaning rendered walls, I highly recommend visiting the expert team at SoftWash UK. Their Soft Wash Training Courses are an excellent resource for developing expertise in this area. If you're curious about more detailed insights, don't miss the opportunity to tune in to the podcast series for insights like Softwashing Versus Pressure Washing.

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Softwashing calculator is an indispensable tool for juggling complicated chemical mixes. It helps reduce wastage and keeps operating costs down by giving accurate proportions

If you are having difficulty getting your head around the maths, trying to work out what percentage of softwash you need, how much chemical, surfactant and water to add, then this is the App for you.

The Soft Wash Calculator App allows you to work out your soft wash recipe by telling you exactly how much chemical, how much water and how much surfactant to add to get the desired soft wash recipe.
It doesn't stop there!.
- It can also remix your leftover softwash to a new stronger or weaker recipe.
- all controls in one place for see at a glance operation
- ease of input via pre-loaded dials. no more calculator style typing
- instantly responds to changes of complex combinations
- works in both Litres and US Gallons
- tested for Protan and Deutan colourblind users
- links to SoftwashingUK website

Take this scenario
You started with a 1% soft wash recipe of 50 gal (or litres) for a deck clean and you’re left with 13 gallons.

You get a call from a prospective customer to clean their roof. Past experience tells you a 4% soft wash recipe is needed, but what about your leftover mix at 1%?.

Do you waste time and effort driving back to base to transfer into a standby tank?
You could consider the 13 gal as just water, top up the tank and start again.
But that’s throwing away the value of the mix and raising your overhead.

Soft Wash Calculator App to the rescue.

You get to the new job and it requires 100 gal / litres.
Switch into remix mode , confirming the 13 gal already in the tank
Move the dials to your new recipe and the app immediately updates the different amounts to add in front of your eyes including the correct amount of extra surfactant.

You now have a 100 gal / litres tank of 4% soft wash recipe ready for your roof clean job!

Not forgetting you’ve saved money too, all without stress and uncertainty . Don’t underestimate what confident calmness has on your customer putting out referrals.

The same applies if you have a 4% recipe left in your tank and you need to dilute it down to 2%. Again the app will tell you how.

Softwashing calculator will also work for any chemical recipe. For instance you can use it for Sodium Hypochlorite, Bleach, Biocide , TFR traffic film remover and degreaser. Even the mathematically-challenged rocket scientist can top up their booster tanks to new fuel mixes after launch delays caused by changing weather conditions.

Using this app you will know exactly what chemical strength to put on any surface giving you the confidence and the knowledge of a professional soft washer and you’ll save money as well.

So if you have little knowledge of how to mix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you have little knowledge of how to remix a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.
If you want to save money when mixing a soft wash recipe then this app is for you.

This app is also backward compatible to devices running iOS7. We've done this so you can re-purpose an old iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 5 for what could be hazardous work environments. Just toss one in your cleaning van's toolkit.

Once you learn the methods and procedures of how to apply the soft wash to the different surfaces that need cleaning you’ll be unstoppable!

The app also has a guide to what percentage for what surface. And if you are the lucky owner of a Clever Injector it will remind you the correct setting for the job.
However you should always consider and risk assess what soft wash recipe you need to clean the surface.

** A major iOS code-base change may require a re-purchase. The appiverse at the time will confirm our promise that we won't do so unless the necessity is apparent.